What would you do if a hacker infiltrated your network today? What if an insider, such as a disgruntled employee, decides to detonate ransomware? These are threats that organizations of all shapes and sizes can face at any given instance. Hence, it is important to not only have a detailed and well-tested response plan, but also a mechanism to monitor such an attack and respond to it adequately.

Real-time network analysis and monitoring can cater to this requirement, provided you have the team trained on the right skillset and the monitoring solutions have been placed and are working as intended. From a skill perspective, you should be familiar with tactics and techniques such as understanding industry frameworks such as cyber kill chain and ATT&CK matrix, industry-leading tools such as EDR, and forensics suites used for conducting live forensics, e-discovery, and data recovery. You should also be familiar with memory forensics...